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The following is a list of National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) conferences as of the 2024–25 school year. Unless otherwise noted, changes in conference membership occur on July 1 of the given year.
NAIA men's basketball championship; Current season, competition or edition: 2023 NAIA men's basketball tournament: Formerly: National college basketball tournament (1937–1981) Sport: College basketball: Founded: 1937: Founder: James Naismith: Motto: Passion. Tradition. History. Divisions: 1 2 (1992–2020) No. of teams: 64 (2022–present) 32 ...
Coached by third-year head coach John McLendon, the Tigers finished the season with a 31–4 record and were crowned NAIA national champions by winning the 1957 NAIA tournament. [1] This marked the first of three consecutive national championships, a feat that no other team at any level of college basketball had previously accomplished. [2]
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has 237 member colleges and universities for athletic competition in the 2024–25 season. [ 1 ] NAIA institutions
Membership – The NAIA was the first association to admit colleges and universities from outside the United States. The NAIA began admitting Canadian members in 1967. Football – The NAIA was the first association to send a football team to Europe to play. In the summer of 1976, the NAIA sent Henderson State and Texas A&I to play 5 exhibition ...
The NAIA men's basketball championship began in 1936–37. Per below, NAIA Divisions I and II existed between the 1991–92 and 2019–20 seasons only. The NAIA was not divisional prior to 1991–92, and the organization removed the classifications after the 2019–20 season was curtailed.
Coached by fourth-year head coach John McLendon, the Tigers finished the season with a 31–3 record and were crowned NAIA national champions by winning the 1958 NAIA tournament. [1] This marked the second of three consecutive national championships, a feat that no other team at any level of college basketball had previously accomplished. [2]
The history of basketball can be traced back to a YMCA International Training School, known today as Springfield College, located in Springfield, Massachusetts.The sport was created by a physical education teacher named James Naismith, who in the winter of 1891 was given the task of creating a game that would keep track athletes in shape and that would prevent them from getting hurt.